A baby is rescued from rubble in northern Syria

A baby, said to be no more than two months old, has been rescued from rubble
in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo

11:51AM BST 12 Jul 2014

A two-month-old baby has been rescued from under rubble in the war-battered city of Aleppo, a flashpoint in Syria's conflict and constant target of air raids, a video tweeted Friday showed.

"It's a miracle!" shouts a rescue worker as a small head is seen emerging from debris in the video posted by a rescue team working in a rebel-held area of the northern city.

The baby girl is heard crying as her whole body, completely covered in dust, is carefully extracted.

A smiling man then clutches the rescued child in his arms while his colleagues off-camera cry: "God is great!"

"After 16 hours working under difficult conditions, the civil defence in Ansari (in southern Aleppo) was able to rescue a baby girl barely two months old as well as her mother who was injured," a commentary to the video said.